ACOSTA v. LABOR COMMISSION

No. 20000162-CA.

44 P.3d 819 (2002)

2002 UT App 67

Linda R. ACOSTA, Petitioner, v. LABOR COMMISSION, Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, and Liberty Mutual Insurance, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

March 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. Lallatin and Sandra N. Dredge, Dredge & Lallatin LC, Provo, for Petitioner.

Alan Hennebold, Labor Commission, Michael E. Dyer, and Kristy L. Bertelsen, Blackburn & Stoll LC, Salt Lake City, for Respondents.

Before Judges DAVIS, GREENWOOD, and ORME.


OPINION

DAVIS, Judge.

¶ 1 Petitioner Linda Acosta seeks review of a Labor Commission order reversing an Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) order awarding her workers' compensation benefits. The Commission ruled that because Acosta has a preexisting condition that contributed to her injury, she was subject to the legal causation test enunciated in Allen v. Industrial Commission, 729 P.2d 15 (Utah 1986), and that...

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